Chloé Zhao

Directing

Born 1982-03-31 Beijing, China 20 credits Academy Awards 2 Golden Globe Awards 1 BAFTA Awards 1 BBC 100 Women 1 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1 Time 100 1 Golden Lion 1

Awards

Won 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 won · 4 nominated

2021 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated Nomadland
2021 Best Film Editing Nominated Nomadland
2021 Best Director Won Nomadland
2021 Best Picture Won Nomadland
— Best Director Nominated Hamnet
— Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated Hamnet

Golden Globe Awards 1 won

2021 Best Director Won Nomadland

BAFTA Awards 1 won

2021 Best Direction Won Nomadland

BBC 100 Women 1 won

2024 BBC 100 Women Won

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1 won

2023 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Won

Time 100 1 won

2021 Time 100 Won

Golden Lion 1 won

2020 Golden Lion Won Nomadland

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Chloé Zhao (born Zhao Ting, in Chinese: 赵婷; 31 March 1982) is a Chinese-born filmmaker. She is known primarily for her work on independent films. For her film Nomadland (2020), Zhao is the second of three women to win the Academy Award for Best Director. Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015), her debut feature film, premiered at Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. The Rider (2017) was critically acclaimed and received nominations for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and Best Director. Zhao garnered international recognition with the American film Nomadland (2020), which she wrote, produced, edited and directed, and which won numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Earning four Academy Award nominations for the film, Zhao won Best Picture and Best Director, becoming the first woman of color to win the latter. She also won awards for directing at the Directors Guild of America Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and British Academy Film Awards, becoming the second female winner of each of them. Zhao co-wrote and directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Eternals (2021). Her latest film, Hamnet, premiered at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival to critical acclaim. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chloé Zhao, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

Directing 8 credits